News

News

Community Corner – Sept. 25, 2015

Airman & Family Readiness Center For details or to sign up for a class, call the Airman & Family Readiness Center at 480-5100. Monday » Boots to Business: 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., A&FRC » Ramstein Spouses orientation: 8:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m., A&FRC » USA Jobs: 1 p.m. to 3 p.m., A&FRC […]

September 25, 2015 ×

News

Photo by Staff Sgt. Warren W. Wright Jr.
Competitors from the 2nd Cavalry Regiment dismount a Stryker combat vehicle during a medical scenario exercise conducted as part of the 2015 European Best Warrior Competition 
Sept. 15 at the Grafenwoehr Training Area. About 22 candidates participated in the intense, annual weeklong competition, the most prestigious competitive event of the region. In the end, only one junior officer, one NCO and one Soldier emerged as “Best Warriors.”

Europe’s ‘Best Warriors’ named after thrilling competition

by Sgt. Maj. Michael Pintagro 21st Theater Sustainment Command Public Affairs

Competition officials unveiled Europe’s ultimate warriors before a rapt audience of Soldiers, leaders and distinguished visitors during a culminating ceremony held Sept. 18 at the Grafenwoehr Physical Fitness Center.

September 25, 2015 ×

News

Officials of the Westpfalz Police Headquarters ask motorists to obey the new traffic route near the mall in downtown Kaiserslautern. During a recent four-hour check by German Polizei, 81 motorists were fined €20 each. Coming from Koenigstrasse, the correct route turns left and not straight.

New traffic route in Kaiserslautern

Photo by Westpfalz Police Headquarters
September 24, 2015 ×

News

Gen. Dennis L. Via, commanding general of U.S. Army Materiel Command (left), listens as Robin Dothager, 405th Army Field Support Brigade’s theater prepositioned stocks manager (right), explains details about the European Activity Set, a brigade set of equipment maintained by the 405th AFSB for use by rotational forces. As the Army’s most senior officer responsible for equipping the force, Via visited sustainment and materiel sites throughout Europe this week to assess how AMC can most effectively support the U.S. Army in Europe.

USAREUR, NATO leaders tour Coleman Worksite

Photos by Greg Jones
September 24, 2015 ×

News

Photos by the 7th Civil Support Command Public Affairs Office
Renee Gladu, a candidate in the Certified Nursing Assistant program at Ramstein High School, performs lifesaving procedures on a clinic dummy during training for licensing as a nursing assistant Sept. 13 at RHS.

Kaiserslautern, Ramstein students train to become nursing assistants

by Sgt. Daniel Friedberg 7th Civil Support Command Public Affairs Office

Almost two dozen high school seniors from the KMC volunteered on an early fall weekend to crouch together on rubber floor mats in order to perform cardio-pulmonary resuscitation using clinical dummies and video scenarios at Ramstein High School Sept. 12 and 13.

September 24, 2015 ×

News

Air Force Secretary Deborah Lee James and Maj. Warren Neary, the Air Force Space Command historian and an Air Force Art Program artist, unveil the painting “That Others May Live” during the Air Force Association Air and Space Conference and Technology Exposition Sept. 14 in Washington, D.C.

AFRC presents painting to Secretary of the Air Force

Story and photos by Staff Sgt. Kat Justen 459th Air Refueling Wing Public Affairs

WASHINGTON — Lt. Gen. James Jackson, Air Force Reserve Command commander, presented Secretary of the Air Force Deborah Lee James with the painting “That Others May Live” Sept. 14 during the Air Force Association Air and Space Conference and Technology Exposition.

September 24, 2015 ×

News

Brig. Gen. Jon T. Thomas, 86th Airlift Wing commander, cuts a ribbon with Lt. Col. Thomas Ausherman, 86th Force Support Squadron commander, and members of the Ramstein Bazaar committee and Ramstein Officers’ Spouses Club Sept. 16 on Ramstein. The ribbon-cutting ceremony officially opened the 51st Ramstein Bazaar.

Ramstein Bazaar a success

Photos by Senior Airman Timothy Moore
September 24, 2015 ×

News

Soldiers of the 1st Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division, inventory tools and equipment prior to drawing them from the European Activity Set Sept. 17 at Coleman Worksite.

405th AFSB issues first full European Activity Set

Story and photos by Greg Jones 21st Theater Sustainment Command Public Affairs

MANNHEIM, Germany — A new era for U.S. forces began quietly and without fanfare in the dreary rain on the nondescript flatlands near Mannheim last week when the 405th Army Field Support Brigade, a partner organization to the 21st Theater Sustainment Command, began its first full issue of European Activity Set equipment to rotational forces from U.S.-based units.

September 24, 2015 ×

News

Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Mark A. Welsh III and Chief Master Sgt. of the Air Force James A. Cody introduce major command panelists during a question and answer session at Air Force Association's Air and Space Conference and Technology Exhibition, Sept. 16, 2015, in Washington, D.C.   (U.S. Air Force photo/Scott M. Ash)

Time with MAJCOM commanders at the four-star forum

by Tech. Sgt. Meredith Mingledorff Secretary of the Air Force Public Affairs Command Information

WASHINGTON —Members of the Air Force, Air Force Association and defense industry were invited to a Q-and-A session with Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Mark A. Welsh III, Chief Master Sgt. of the Air Force James M. Cody and several major command commanders during a four-star forum at the AFA Air and Space Conference and Technology Exposition Sept. 16 in Washington, D.C.

September 24, 2015 ×

News

Photo by Staff Sgt. Whitney Stanfield
Chief Master Sgt. of the Air Force James A. Cody thanks Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Mark A. Welsh III for his exceptional service by presenting him with an invitation to an Order of the Sword ceremony, following Cody's Enlisted Force Update at the Air Force Association's Air and Space Conference and Technology Exposition Sept. 16 in Washington, D.C.

Enlisted Airmen: a legacy of professionals

by Tech. Sgt. Torri Hendrix Secretary of the Air Force Public Affairs Command Information

WASHINGTON — Professionalism was the common thread when the Air Force’s senior enlisted leader talked about the Airmen of yesterday, today and tomorrow during the Air Force Association’s Air and Space Conference and Technology Exposition Sept. 16 in Washington, D.C.

September 24, 2015 ×